Women in the Middle East and North Africa

Abstract

Introduction: Contextualizing Women's Agency in the MENA Region Fatima Sadiqi and Moha Ennaji Part 1: Reconsidering the Foundations of Women, Islam and Political Agency 1. The Veil: Religious/Historical Foundations of the Modern Political Discourse Nazli Rizk 2. Women, Islam and Political Agency in Morocco Fatima Sadiqi 3. Assia Djebar and Malika Mokeddem: Neo-Colonial Agents or Post-Colonial Subjects? Abdelkader Cheref 4. Women and Political Reform in Israel Galia Golan Part 2: Women's Leadership in Civil Society 5. Women's NGOs and Social Change in Morocco Moha Ennaji 6. Palestinian Women's Movements: From Active Militants to Stateless Citizens Islah Jad Part 3: Women and Legal Reform 7. Tunisia at the Forefront of the Arab World: Two Waves of Gender Legislation Mounir M. Charrad 8. Feminism and Family Law in Iran: The Struggle for Women's Economic Citizenship in the Islamic Republic Valentine Moghadam 9. The Legal Status of Women in Egypt: Reform and Social Inertia Hoda Awad Part 4: Women, Social, Cultural, Religious and Symbolic Change 10. Algerian Women as Actors of Change and Social Cohesion Zahia Smail Salhi 11. Women in Turkey: Caught in the Bind Between Tradition and Modernity Fatima Umut Bespinar-Ekici 12. Women and Language in Tunisia Raoudha Kammoun 13. Women, Education and the Redefinition of Empowerment and Change in a Traditional Society: The Case of Oman Thuwayba Al-Barawani 14. Transforming Religious Expression: Ishelhin (Berber) Women and the Creation of a Local Islamic Tradition Margaret Rausch 15. Moroccan Women Contrabandists: Interferences in Public Space Touria Khannous 16. The Orient Within: Women In-between Under Francoism Aurora G. Morcillo